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See highlights from 1937–1945 on the timeline Public Commissions and the War

Works

Brooch, c. 1940

JR brooch, c. 1940

Brooch, c. 1940

Thunderbird, c. 1940

Flying bird brooch, c. 1940

Ring, c. 1940

Bracelet, c. 1940

Bracelet, 1940

Bracelet, c. 1940

Hair comb, c. 1940

Tiara, c. 1940

Crown of leaves, c. 1940

Untitled, c. 1940

Black Beast, 1940

Little Spider, c. 1940

Untitled, c. 1940

Untitled, 1940

Untitled, c. 1940

The Spider, 1940

Baby Carriage, c. 1940

Birds, c. 1940

Peacock, 1941

Untitled, 1941

Vertical Foliage, 1941

Untitled, 1941

Boomerangs, 1941

Untitled, c. 1941

Black Dots, 1941

Arc of Petals, 1941

Mobile, 1941

Calder's Circus Invitation Printing Block, 1941

Necklace, c. 1941

Brooch, c. 1941

Untitled, 1941

Black Thing, 1941

Un effet du japonais, 1941

Tree, 1941

Untitled, 1941

Red Petals (maquette), 1941

Myrtle Burl, 1941

Wheat, 1941

Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, 1941

Untitled, c. 1941

Red Cone With Bright Flags and Black Leaves, c. 1941

Giraffe, 1941

Hourglass, 1941

Yucca, 1941

The Great Yucca, 1941

Yucca, 1941

The Clangor, 1941

Little Face, 1941

Untitled, 1941

Calderoulette, c. 1941

S and Star, 1941

Mobile with Four Spots, 1941

Untitled, 1941

Untitled, 1942

Untitled, c. 1942

France Forever, 1942

Fish, 1942

Clangors, 1942

Calder's Circus Invitation Printing Block, 1942

Dinner bell, c. 1942

Toaster, c. 1942

Necklace, c. 1942

CALDER A BELЖA CHAGALL, c. 1942

Necklace, c. 1942

Earrings, c. 1942

Elodie, 1942

Bug brooch, c. 1942

Bracelet, c. 1942

Funghi Neri (maquette), c. 1942

Black Spot on Gimbals, 1942

Untitled, c. 1942

Untitled, 1942

Horizontal Spines, 1942

Untitled, c. 1942

Red Petals, 1942

Untitled, 1942

Untitled, c. 1942

Black Tulip, 1942

Untitled, 1942

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Historical Photos 189

Mobile, Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, Un effet du japonais, Giraffe, and The Great Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Mobile, Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, Un effet du japonais, Giraffe, and The Great Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Apple Monster (1938), Tadpole (maquette, c. 1936), Yucca (center rear), Black Beast (maquette, 1939), Myrtle Burl, and Yucca (right rear), Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Apple Monster (1938), Tadpole (maquette, c. 1936), Yucca (center rear), Black Beast (maquette, 1939), Myrtle Burl, and Yucca (right rear), Roxbury studio, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

The Great Yucca, Uprooted Whip (1940), and Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

The Great Yucca, Uprooted Whip (1940), and Yucca, Roxbury studio, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Standing, left to right: André Masson, Kay Sage, and Calder; sitting, left to right: André Breton, Susanna Perkins Hare, Louisa Calder, Rose Masson, unidentified child, Charlie Prescott, Mary Calder, and Teeny Matisse, Roxbury, 1941

Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Roxbury studio, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Mobile, Hotel Avila Ballroom, Caracas, Venezuela, 1941

Roxbury studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Roxbury studio, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with his LaSalle motor car (1941)

Calder with his LaSalle motor car, Roxbury, c. 1941

Calder and Yves Tanguy preparing a performance of Cirque Calder (1941)

Calder and Yves Tanguy preparing a performance of Cirque Calder (1926–31), Roxbury studio, 1941

Calder with Giraffe, Roxbury, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder with Giraffe, Roxbury, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Roxbury grounds and studio, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Roxbury grounds and studio, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, Roxbury, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Aluminum Leaves, Red Post, Roxbury, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Uprooted Whip (1940), Roxbury, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Uprooted Whip (1940), Roxbury, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Un effet du japonais, Roxbury, 1941Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Un effet du japonais, Roxbury, 1941

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with his father, Alexander Stirling Calder, 1941

Installation photograph, Joan Miró–Alexander Calder, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 1942

Installation photograph, First Papers of Surrealism, Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, Whitelaw Reid Mansion, New York, 1942

Red Petals, Arts Club of Chicago, 1942Photograph by Frederick O. Bemm

Lion Tamer and Lion from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Lion Tamer and Lion from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Louisa Calder’s dressing bureau, Roxbury house bedroom (1943)

Louisa Calder's dressing bureau, with jewelry made by Calder, and André Masson's poem, The Studio of Alexander Calder, Roxbury house bedroom, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Louisa Calder’s dressing bureau, with jewelry made by Calder, and André Masson’s poem, The Studio of Alexander Calder, Roxbury house bedroom, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

After the Roxbury fire, December 1943

Constellation with Quadrilateral, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Constellation with Quadrilateral, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled and Easter Hat, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Untitled and Easter Hat, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Tightrope (1936), c. 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Tightrope (1936), c. 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

The White Frame (1934) frozen, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

The White Frame (1934) frozen, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

The White Frame (1934) set in motion, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

The White Frame (1934) set in motion, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Black Flower (1940), 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Black Flower (1940), 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Vertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Vertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Constellation with Sundial, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Constellation with Sundial, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Constellation Mobile, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Constellation Mobile, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Wall Constellation with Row of Objects, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Wall Constellation with Row of Objects, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Wooden Bottle with Hairs, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Wooden Bottle with Hairs, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Constellation, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Constellation, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Untitled, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Untitled, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Wall Constellation with Red Object, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Wall Constellation with Red Object, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Constellation, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Constellation, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Constellation with Bottles, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Constellation with Bottles, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Vertical Constellation with Yellow Bone, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Vertical Constellation with Yellow Bone, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Vertical Constellation with Yellow Bone, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Vertical Constellation with Yellow Bone, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Constellation with Bishop, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Constellation with Bishop, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Lion Tamer act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Lion Tamer act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with the Chariot Race and Lion Tamer acts from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Calder with the Chariot Race and Lion Tamer acts from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Steer from the Cowboy act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Steer from the Cowboy act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Sword Swallower from the Sword Swallower act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Sword Swallower from the Sword Swallower act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Acrobat from the Tumblers act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Acrobat from the Tumblers act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Sword Swallower from the Sword Swallower act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Sword Swallower from the Sword Swallower act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Tumblers act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Tumblers act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Fanni, the Belly Dancer with Monsieur Loyal from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Fanni, the Belly Dancer with Monsieur Loyal from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Trapeze act with Monsieur Loyal from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Trapeze act with Monsieur Loyal from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Horse from the Equestrian act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Horse from the Equestrian act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Cow from the Sideshow act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Cow from the Sideshow act from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Pegasus, Negress, and Dog from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Pegasus, Negress, and Dog from Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder jewelry (c. 1930–40), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder jewelry (c. 1930–40), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Galloping Horse (1926), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Galloping Horse (1926), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Galloping Horse (1926), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Galloping Horse (1926), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Galloping Horse (1926), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

The Circle (1934), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

The White Frame (1934) set in motion

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Hourglass (1941), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Morning Star (1943), Roxbury, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Uncomfortable Face (1928), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Black Thing (1941), 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions (1943)

Calder with Red Post Black Leaves at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943. Red Panel (1936) is in the background.Photograph by Arnold Newman © Arnold Newman

Calder with Red Post Black Leaves at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943. Red Panel (1936) is in the background.

Photograph by Arnold Newman

Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions (1943)

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Photograph of Praying Mantis (1936) for Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Photograph of Praying Mantis (1936) for Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Untitled (1934), Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Untitled (1934), Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Opening for Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 1943. From left to right: Herbert Matter, Marianne Moore, Fernand Léger, Martha Graham, and Calder.Photograph © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA

Photo collage of Calder inside toy car (c. 1940), Arts in Therapy, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Herbert Matter © Calder Foundation, New York

Photo collage of Calder inside toy car (c. 1940), Arts in Therapy, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Herbert Matter

Calder with Eucalyptus (1940) at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Arnold Newman © Arnold Newman

Calder with Eucalyptus (1940) at Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Arnold Newman

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunam

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunam

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunam

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Opening for Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1943)

Opening for Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 1943. From left to right: Yves Tanguy, James Johnson Sweeney, Calder, and Peter Blume.Photograph by Newspictures

Calder, Roxbury studio, 1944

Photograph by Eric Schaal

Calder with daughters Mary and Sandra Calder (1944)

Calder with daughters Mary and Sandra Calder, New York, 1944Photograph by Genevieve Naylor

Calder with Red Disc and Gong (1940) and Untitled (c. 1940), Roxbury studio, 1944Photograph by Eric Schaal © Life Magazine

Calder with Red Disc and Gong (1940) and Untitled (c. 1940), Roxbury studio, 1944

Photograph by Eric Schaal

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943Photograph by Soichi Sunami © Museum of Modern Art, Soichi Sunami

Installation photograph, Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943

Photograph by Soichi Sunami

Man-Eater with Pennants (1945), The Museum of Modern Art, New York, c. 1948

Chronology 105

16 July 1945

Calder packs thirty-seven miniature mobiles and stabiles into six small cartons and mails them to Carré in Paris. Due to U.S. Postal Service regulations, he gives the name of six different senders for each package: himself, Duchamp, Masson, Sweeney, Tanguy, and Renée

(Ritou) Nitzschke.

CF, Calder to Carré, 19 July

Grand Piano, Red, 1946

19 July 1945

Calder proposes to Carré to have Sartre write an essay for his show. I met Jean-Paul Sartre when he was here, and he came + visited my workshop. Perhaps he would consent to write a little preface if you thought that desirable.

CF, Calder to Carré, 19 July

After 14 August 1945

Intrigued by the limitations on parcel size imposed by the U.S. Postal Service, Calder begins creating larger works for his show at Galerie Louis Carré that are collapsible and intended to be reassembled upon arrival in Paris.

CF, Calder to Carré, 14 August; Calder 1966, 188

10 September–6 October 1945

“Gay, Fantastic Gouaches by Calder” is on view at Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York.

CF, exhibition file

13 November–1 December 1945

Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, presents “Alexander Calder.”

CF, exhibition file

Illustrations for Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin (1945)

Illustrations of Prelude to the Man-Eater (1945), Starfish (1944), and Octopus (1944), Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1945Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum; Gift of Lois Orswell (no. 1996.18)

Illustrations of Prelude to the Man-Eater (1945), Starfish (1944), and Octopus (1944), Alexander Calder, Buchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York, 1945Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum